placatory

[pley-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, plak-uh-]

adjective

serving, tending, or intended to placate: a placatory reply.

Origin:
1630–40; < Late Latin plācātōrius. See placate¹, -tory¹

Related forms

un·pla·ca·to·ry, adjective

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Placatory is always a great word to know.

So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:

an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

WordNet

placatory
adjective
intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an astonishingly placatory speech" [syn: appeasing]

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